Preface; 1. Challenge of the third generation of Soviet power; 2. Building authority around a new agricultural policy; Part I. Advice and dissent in the shaping of Brezhnev's agricultural and environmental programs: 3. Environmental issues rise to official legitimacy; 4. Displacing Stalinist dogma on the price of capital; 5. Technology assessment Soviet style; 6. Bringing new ideas into Soviet politics; Part II. Implementation of the Brezhnev programs: 7. Loosening the grip of old priorities: the long struggle against hydropower; 8. The new environmental program: do the Soviets really mean business?; 9. Slow gains at a high price: the frustrations of reclamation; 10. Carrying out a third-generation program with second-generation methods; 11. Conclusion: lessons of the Brezhnev policies and the future of reform; Notes; Index.